Ah, this was a good day - minus the broken dishwasher

So, finals are done. My best surprise was that in my business class she let everyone who had an A not have to take a final. And I was one of those. So, one final down, one free, and one to go, I took my Accounting final which was my biggest dread. I stayed up until 12:30 studying the night before, and the night before. I only missed 2! YAY! Finals done. Big breath and a smile on my face. That was Monday. The joy of being done and getting all A's is still with me , however.
Yesterday J broke the dishwasher. Ok, not entirely his fault: the heating element was rusted pretty bad, and bent upward. I asked him if he could bend it back and it snapped when he tried. So, handwashing dishes not so fun.
Today, I washed dishes (some of them - I'm really not a very motivated person when it comes to dishes....or housework in general). Then after whatever other little things I did this morning I got to come to Aunt N's and put the kiddos down for naps and sit in their suana for about 45 minutes. And granted it was interupted half way through cuz M got out of bed, but those were still an amazingly relaxing, quiet, 45 minutes. And now they are still sleeping and I am blogging. It feels good.
But, the REALLY good part about all of this?? Megan's cookies came in the mail today. DELICIOUS!! I love her cookies. I'm considering secreting them away so I do not have to share with J or M. :) but, then where is my Christmas spirit?? Thanks Megan. Your cookies made my day.

back to it

We are back from Minnesota, and we had lots of fun...the drive not so much, but it wasn't horrible. I love visiting my famiy, and I got to see everybody, even Emily made it over there. We didn't do much, but I think that is the way I like it - more face time more love.
Now I'm at school and have to study for my finals - YUCK!
needless to say I'm feeling slightly stressed. I'm fairly confident that I will do fine, but I stress none-the-less.

Adventures of Sugar

Daily, I share my life with this monster (that, yes, we love), and mostly daily this is what she does, starting at 6:30 a.m.:

Whine to be let out
Eat...make that- devour, without chewing...breakfast
wait in crate for me to wake up
clobber children while chasing Prints
go outside and gather random junk to the yard, bark, dig holes, etc.
back inside, chews toys (hers) into tiny peices for me to pick up
terrorize terra (justi's dog)
whack everyone and everything with tail
make babies cry
eat E's cheerios at lunch, off his tray
clean up floor from E's cheerios after lunch
rest...done resting
drag terra (justi's dog) around by the collar
open the baby gate with her mouth and let E escape, along with herself
lick the wall and attempt to chew on it.
potty break
nap

...and it's only 3 o clock.... Just kidding.

some days are just days.

nothing doing. nadda. and i'm bored out of my mind. Another day for cleaning, cooking, eating, diaper changing, homework...where's the FUN? I suppose I'll need more money before I attain that goal.

E is standing while holding on to furniture now. He can be found doing that more often than sitting or crawling. He is cutting somewhere around four teeth right now, and he is not impressed. He already has his bottom two, and now the top middle two have cut through...and I'm not sure why, but apparently grinding the only four teeth he has is fun for him. EEEK! I HATE that noise. (M does it when she sleeps, and we can hear it over the monitor!)

M just keeps getting bigger. And bossier. And smarter...she actuall puts 2 and 2 together now. We were eating breakfast a couple of days ago, and I was sneaking in a cookie with my cereal, and M saw it and said "What's that? A cookie? OK. I will have one when I am done with my cereal, ok mom?" and I say that's a good idea. Half way through her cereal this ensues:
M: I'm gonna have a cookie now.
Me: No, you have to eat your cereal first.
M: Did you eat your cereal first? or your cookie?
Me: Well, ummm...my cookie.
M: Why?
Me: Baby, you can have a cookie but you need to eat your cereal first - it is good grow food, and cookies are not. Grown ups don't need to grow more, so I ate mine first.
(LAME, I KNOW)
M: ok, mom.

Laundry, anyone?

I have an excess of laundry, so anyone who wants some is welcome to it. I think about a week plus of dirty clothes have created a mountain in my room. And anyone who know me knows I hate laundry and often have a decent pile to deal with, but this is a different story. This is a MOUNTAIN! Our washer broke a couple of weeks ago. We braved it and went to the laundry mat the first week, but that cost $40 and before we did it again we decided it would be better spent being put toward an actualy washer. So today we purchased a new (used) washer - and never in my life have I been so greatful to be able to do laundry! mmmmm - the smell of clean clothes fresh from the dryer. So nice.
We initially thought fixing our washer would be cheaper, but after a little research into the problem, just the peice needed to fix it would cost at LEAST $175, not to mention getting someone to get their butt to our house to fix it - so...new washer, which ended up being $75 from a nice old man who repairs and resells washers and dryers . Thanks.

fall photos and halloween pics!

she said it.

A few new ones from M:

"Here's what I was thinking.... if I wear a coat, then it won't snow."

"Here's the deal [mom, dad].....I will eat it, and then I won't take a nap."

"Shh. QUIET......oh, it's the sound of god."

and of course something I hear every day "NOOOOO! SUUUGARRR!!"

E still doesn't say anything but gibberish. He is however crawling all over and eating whatever. And it seems like he is eating constantly. And they are both super wonderful.